Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer he has already tried every other means of escape.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

Patience is the analogue of God's serenity.

Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it.

If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.

Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand.

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way.

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.

Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

There are plenty of maxims in the world; all that remains is to apply them.

I'm not, sexy, am I? God knows, I've tried

I don't pay attention to what others are doing. I feel strongly that if I have correct goals and the determination to keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line.

What we Republicans should stand for is growth in the economy. We ought to make the pie higher.

The Republicans can't go after Donald Trump where I think he needs to be criticized.

There is no mercy in trading life for life. And certainly no righteousness. Mercy, once given, cannot be taken back.

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

East is East, and West is San Francisco

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.